Saturday 26 January 2013

Fawlty Towers censored by BBC, 35 years later - The Malta Independent

Fawlty Towers censored by BBC, 35 years later - The Malta Independent: A racial slur in one of the episodes of Fawlty Towers, one of the most loved comedies in BBC history, has been censored 35 years down the line.

The episode in question is The Germans, in which hotelier Basil Fawlty clashes with visiting German tourists, is one of its most-loved.

In the scene, a hotel regular, the elderly Major Gowen (Ballard Berkeley), relates a conversation in which he corrected someone for using a particular racist slur, by suggesting they use another, equally racist, slur.

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